Display head



M y 11, 1939. L. L. GRENEKER 2,165,476

DISPLAY HEAD Filed Feb. 16, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Lil/Ian L. Greneker- BY M kW;

ATTORNE s July 11, 1939. L. GRENEKER DISPLAY HEAD Filed Feb. 16, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR L. (Irene/fer BY M ATTOR Y5 Patented July 11, 1939 DISPLAY HEAD Lillian L. Greneker, New York, N. Y. ApplicationFebruary 16, 1939, Serial No. 256,778

5 Claims.

My present invention relates generally to displaydevices, and particularly to display heads having a. hair-simulatingportion.

The invention is primarily applicable to an 5 ornamental display bust-for use in a show window or the like, and it ;is ,thegeneral object of the invention to provide a display structure of unusual and enhanced attractive appearance,

especially with respect to the hair-simulating por- From a broader aspect, my inventionrelates to artificial coiifures per senandis not necessarily restricted to the permanent association of such.

a coifiure with asupporting structurer My invention is predicated upon the discovery that a unique andvhighly effective hair-simulation can .bebrought abouttby the use of a plurality of strips of. loosely woven fabric, the strips being arranged in superposed and overlapping relations, and-certain selected strips having free ends whose strandsare combed out intoun woven bundles.

Preferably, the strips the; free ends are. of the bias-woventy-pe, as is found for example 5 inthe well known productknown as horse-v hair braidf', which is admirably suited for the present purpose By the term, ,""bias-woven'. I refer to the fact that the strands. arev arranged at angles; of substantially ifpf with the longisotudinalaxisof the strip. H g In carrying out my. invention, the fabric strips are adhesively secured to one another, and where the invention is applied to a display bust or the like, the strips are at the same time adhesively secured to a. supporting skull portion, the arrangement of the strips being such as to simulate the desired coifiure, Thefree unwoven bundles are, however, unattached, as a result of which these bundles simulate the free ends ofreal hair, and are admirably adapted to be treatedand set in various ways tosimulate curls, braids, loose hair strands, or the like. 1

I achieve the foregoing objects, and such other- Figure 5 is an enlarged. cross-sectional detail taken substantially ure 3;

. Figure 6 is a similar enlarged cross-sectional detail taken'substantlallyalong the line 6-8 of Figured; Y

Figure. 7 isa fragmentary plan view tion of loosely woven fabric by itself.

Figure 815a view similar to Figure 7 showing. the strandsin the .flrst stages of being combed out; and" v 1 Figure 9-lsa view similar to Figure 8 showing these strands in a furtherstage of treatment.

In Figures 1 and 2 I have chosen for illustraq tion adisplay structure depicting. a woman's along the line II of Fig-,

head. This ,--structure-may be of any desired It character, and may be composed ofany desired material, it beingunderstood that the structure provides'a supporting skull portion Ill to which the hair-simulating material may be applied The hair-simulating portion consists of a-pluf zo rality ,ot'strips ll of loosely woven fabric, and it will be observed that the coiifure illustrated: in-Figures l and 2 includes agroupof curls I! at the forward portionof the head.

:On the skull portion I3 of the display bust; 5

illustratively shown in Figure 3, thereis a hairsimulating: portion composed of a, plurality. of; loosely woven fabric strips and I5, and it will be observed that in the coifiure illustratively shown in this figure there are curlslli at them lower rear portion of the head and, a series of upwardly-sweeping curls I1 at-the front. v

'On the skull portion l8 of the display bust shown in Figure 4 there is a hair-simulated por-- tion composed of a plurality of strips l9, andit will be observed that in the'coifiure chosen for illustration in this figure there are pendent curls 20 at the sides of the head.

The various coifiures illustrated in Figures 1, 3 and 4 are merely examples of the large variety 40 of different effects that may be produced by means of the present invention. The particular effect desired will determine, in each case, the original number of fabric strips, their relativelengths and widths, and the manner in which4 they are arranged in superposed and overlapping relations. The details ofFigures 5 and 6, however, will serve to explain the general pre-' ferred manner of arranging the strips with respect to each other and with respectto the 50.

supporting skull portions.

In Figure 5 I have shown a fabric strip 2| which is doubled upon itself to provide a folded end 22, the opposite ends being left unattached to each other. For illustrative purposes I have shown a second strip 23 similarly doubled upon itself. To produce the upswept eifect of Figure 3 these strips are adhesively secured to each other and to the skull portion ll in the manner shown most clearly in Figure 5, the reference numeral 24 being applied to an illustrative mass of glue or paste, although it will be understood that the adhesive material is not restricted to this one area but is freely used within and around the material of the strips to hold them in the de-- sired relations.

It will be understood that, to produce the bank of curls ll of Figure 3, it is necessary to employ a number of strips of the character shown in Figure 5, these strips being arranged side by side and preferably in overlapping relationship as shown in Fi ure 3. r

The strips ll of Figure 3 are of similar character, and may be doubled upon themselves and secured to one another and to the skull portion in accordance with the-effect desired.

In Figure 6 I have illustratively shown four strips 25, 26, 21 and 2| each of which is doubled upon itself. In this case, the folded end as of the strip 21 is arranged in abutting relation to the folded end 3| of the strip 26. The strips 25 and 28 are arranged underneath the strips 20 and 21 to add the desired body or thickness to the simulated hair structure. In this case, again, glue or adhesive II is freely used to secure the strips to'one another and to .the skull portion 18, in the superposed and overlapping relations which are best suited to the selected coiffure.

Upon reference to Figure 4 it will be observed that the structure shown in detail in Figure 6 is duplicated toward therear of the skull portion, so that a whole series of strips are arranged in side-by-side relation, and in partially overlapping relation, to complete the desired coiifure.

By arranging the strips as shown in Figures 4 and 6 an effective simulation of a "part" is produced.

In each case, selected strips have free unattached ends, and these ends are treated in the manner illustrated most clearly in Figures 7-9.

In Figure 7 I have shown a fragment of a loosely woven braidor strip 32 having a free end 33. The strip is preferably bias-woven, as shown in Figure I, in which it will be observed that two series of parallel strands are interwoven with each other along diagonal lines with respect to the longitudinal axis of the strip itself.

The strands at the free end 33 are disengaged from one another as shown in Figure 8, in which these strands are dwignatedj generally by the reference numeral 34. This can be conveniently accomplished by brushing and combing in a substantially longitudinal direction.

By continuing .this combing procedure the strands are ultimately brought into the substantially parallel longitudinal relationship shown in Figure 9, in which it will be observed that the strands 34 already form an unwoven bundle of considerable length. The combing is continued until this bundle is of the desired length, depending upon the coiffure which is to be simulated, and the various bundles of unwoven strands ultimately duplicate, quite closely, the

free ends-of real hair that require combing,.

brushing, or curling in actually dressing the hair of a real person.

In the illustrated embodiments, these various bundles of strands are coiled and set to simulate the curls l2, l6, l1 and 20 shown in Figures 1-4.

It will be understand that, where a strip of fabric is doubled upon itself (which is the preferable procedure), the free end designated 33 in Figure 7 will be arranged in superposed relation to one or more of the free ends facing in the same direction. The combing procedure is, however, fundamentally the same except that the ultimate bundle of unwoven strands will be of more substantial thickness and bulk than is the case with a single layer of the fabric. Obviously, these bundles may be made as thick and as compact as may be necessary to produce the desired effect.

It will also be understood that the setting" of the strands into the desired coiled positions may be brought about by any suitable or desired means, for example, with the aid of steaming,

duced, limited only by the hair-dressing skill and ingenuity of the designer.

It will be understood that the loose strands are not necessarily coiled. This is the procedure which is followed when a simulation of curls is desired, but obviously other arrangements of the coiflure may call for braids, for uncoiled bundles, or other effects entering into the hair dressing art. Whatever the desired eflect may be, the present combed-out strands of the woven fabric are admirably adapted to simulate strands of real hair, and may be treated as such.

Under certain circumstances, the supporting skull structure need not be permanently secured to the hair-simulating portion. For example, the various strips may be so arranged that, by adhesive means or otherwise, they may be retained in their proper relationships, as'a result of which a sort of wig is produced which may be removably applied to whatever support may be desired. For example, one or two pieces of wider fabric or the like might serve as a convenient underlying base to which all the present strips could be adhesively secured to provide a art'without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims. It is, therefore, intended that these details be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, and

illustratedits use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a display head, a hair-simulating portion composed of loosely woven fabric and including at least one bias-woven strip having an end portion whose strands are combed out into an unwoven bundle.

2. In a display head, a hair-simulating portion composed of loosely woven fabric and including at least one bias-woven strip having an end portion whose strands are combed out into an unwoven bundle, said bundle of strands being treated to simulate hair ends in the desired coiflure.

3. In a display head, a hair-simulating portion composed of a plurality of strips of loosely woven fabric, said strips being arranged in superposed and overlapping relations simulating the desired coiflure, selected strips having free ends Whose strands are combed out into unwoven bundles simulating the free ends of real hair, said selected strips being bias-woven.

4. In a display head, a hair-simulating portion composed of loosely woven fabric strips, said strips including at least one which is bias-woven and doubled upon itself, the free end portions having their strands combed out into an unwoven bundle simulating free ends of real hair.

5. In a display head, a supporting skull portion, and a hair-simulating portion composed of a plurality of strips of loosely woven fabric, said strips being adhesively secured to one another and to said skull portion in superposed and overlapping relations simulating the desired coiiiure, selected strips being bias-woven and having ends unattached to said skull portion, said ends having their strands combed out into unwoven bundles which are treated to simulate the free ends of real hair.

LILLIAN L. GRENEKER. 

